—> grassroots pr

through my activism and community work, i learned how to effectively get the word out about events and organizations i was working with, mostly through trial and error and largely by necessity, since they were all grassroots groups and didn’t have funding to hire a publicist. but i discovered i had a knack for it.

my writing experience made me good at crafting effective press releases and my artistic abilities made me good at designing eye-catching flyers. being an internet geek didn’t hurt, either. the more events i organized, the better i got at promoting them.

and then social media came along, which i took to instantly. first friendster, then myspace, and now facebook, flickr and twitter – i’m all over it. all became very valuable tools in marketing events and groups and projects i was involved in. and still are.